I'm spooling a new cranking setup with a 6XD and just can't decide whether to use 12 or 14 lb. fluoro.  There are good reasons for using each and figure I'll let the consensus on BR decide for me.  What do you think??

The difference in casting distance, lure running depth a well as strength & abrasion resistance between 12 & 14 lb line might not be that much.

May come down to where your presenting the baits.  If you need depth, which when deep cranking is a by product of casting distance, the 12lb may be the way to go.

If you're fishing around some cover, the slightly heavier 14 might get it done a bit better. 

A-Jay

Agreed.  The problem is there's cover and I need to get it deep

I like 12lb trilene xl for deep heavy cover cranking, I don't trust flouro for digging trenchs on the bottom, gets messed up very quickly.

For the 6XD,DD22, ect. I use 8 or 10lb. Invizx. I do use a glass rod, but in 5 years with it I've never had a fish break it.

I usually use12lb BPS fluorocarbon. I'll go to 10lb if I'm not getting enough depth.

I'm happy to hear you guys can comfortably pull such a big bait with 8 or 10 lb line.  Definitely feel better about using 12 now.

8lb CXX for 6 and 10XD's. 

I use 12lb Invisx on 6xd and 10xd.

Pretty much 10lb for anything with trebles. Except Sammys and Lipless as I'm typically using mono in a higher strength. 

On 4/1/2016 at 9:10 PM, Mosster47 said:

8lb CXX for 6 and 10XD's. 

On 4/1/2016 at 1:54 PM, Duma said:

I'm happy to hear you guys can comfortably pull such a big bait with 8 or 10 lb line.  Definitely feel better about using 12 now.

 

Just now, clh121787 said:

 

The 8lb P-Line CXX is about the same diameter as 12 pound mono - it is mono coated with floro.  It is super strong.

30# P-Line braid with 8# P-Line Fluoro Leader.

 

10 lb braid, 12 lb invisx leader.....

I use 12lb Big Game for my deep cranks, including a 6XD. 

13lb Sunline Defier Armilo  great stuff!

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I use 12lb Big Game for my deep cranks, including a 6XD. 

Thats the same route I go .

On 3/31/2016 at 9:26 PM, Duma said:

Agreed.  The problem is there's cover and I need to get it deep

Use an 8xd

On 6/16/2017 at 11:31 AM, Hez said:

 

 

The 8lb P-Line CXX is about the same diameter as 12 pound mono - it is mono coated with floro.  It is super strong.

It is super strong and much thicker diameter than average, but it's not coated with fluoro

12 hours ago, j bab said:

Use an 8xd

It is super strong and much thicker diameter than average, but it's not coated with fluoro

This is a quote from another thread, in which I was basing my information off of -

 

"Mono means one or singular. Filament can be a strand or wire.  Therefore monofilament means single or one strand.  In terms of fishing line this means that the line is composed of a single monomer.

Co-polymer.  Co indicates or means two.  Sometimes the joining of two things.  For example co-worker - two workers working together. Co - uple - like a married couple.  Or Co-operation.

Polymer is the term to describe the joining of two or more monomers. If you remember from your algebra class, poly means many, as in polynomial or even polygamy (many wives).

Therefore, you can gather from the term co-polymer that it is or should be the joining of two or more monomers.  In the case of a typical copolymer line, you might see a monofilament, usually nylon, coated with say fluorocarbon.  The joining of these two items is what allows it to be classified as a co-polymer.

Now if you made a line from a single element that is not nylon, it could still be called a monofilament. It just wouldn't be made of nylon.

If you for example combined three different types of nylon, that too could be called a copolymer because two or more elements were combined. Heck, you could even call it a tri-filament (tri, meaning three)."

 

If I was wrong...my apologies...but my point was that it was 2 types of material combined...I was under the impression it was floro coated.  Regardless, its thicker and stronger than your 8 lb test mono that most people think of when they see the term "8 lb"...that is all

 

 

30Lb braid. 10Lb cxx leader. 

30 lb braid 10 lb sniper leader 

12# Yo-Zuri Hybrid 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike